Art Quotes

“Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.'”

-- Temple Grandin

“First let me report that the art in the Barnes Collection has never looked better. My trips to the old Barnes were always amazing, but except on the sunniest days, you could barely see the art. The building always felt pushed beyond its capacity.”

-- Jerry Saltz

“Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.”

-- Ambrose Bierce

“Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.”

-- Arthur Erickson

“I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.”

-- Brian Eno

“Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.”

-- Anish Kapoor

“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”

-- Groucho Marx

“I paint with shapes.”

-- Alexander Calder

“There is nothing new in art except talent.”

-- Anton Chekhov

“I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.”

-- Jim Morrison